kawka

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See also: kawką

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *kavъka (jackdaw), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Upper Sorbian kawka, Polish kawka, Czech kavka, and Slovene kavka.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kawka f animal

  1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kawka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kawka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish[edit]

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kawka

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaf.ka/
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  • Rhymes: -afka
  • Syllabification: kaw‧ka

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, which is onomatopoeic,[1] representing the bird’s voice.[2] Outside of Slavic, it may be related to Old Armenian քուք (kʻukʻ).

Noun[edit]

kawka f

  1. jackdaw (corvid of the genus Coloeus)
    kawka zwyczajnawestern jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
    kawka srokataDaurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)
Derived terms[edit]
adjective

Etymology 2[edit]

From kawa +‎ -ka.

Noun[edit]

kawka f

  1. Diminutive of kawa
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "kawka" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia.

Further reading[edit]

  • kawka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kawka in Polish dictionaries at PWN